German 11th Infantry Division

The German 11th Infantry Division was a German Wehrmacht infantry division that was active from 1 October 1934 to 8 May 1945 during World War II. The division was formed in Allenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztyn, Poland), and it took part in the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1940 Battle of France, and in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The division took part in the Siege of Leningrad before retreating into Estonia and then into Courland, where its commander Gerhard Feyerabend surrendered to the Soviet Red Army on 8 May 1945.